When it was announced that Fiat was bringing its little Italian cars back to the U.S. market, I was excited. Fiat’s blend of sexy chic and utilitarian sensibility truly embodies all things Italian. Besides, it costs thousands of dollars less than the Mini Cooper, another cute import.In an attempt to…
See Best of Miami: Best MojitoErnest Hemingway — author, journalist, hunter, sportsman, and booze hound — will celebrate his 113th birthday Saturday, July 21. That day, thousands of fans and lookalikes (including Paula Deen’s husband, Michael Groover) will converge on the streets of Key West, Hemingway’s home for several years,…
David’s Cafe II to Close: One Last Cafecito For the RoadDavid’s Cafe II is closing its doors for good on Monday. The 24-hour cafe was never just a place to get something to eat. It was a meeting ground for everyone in Miami Beach — from City Hall officials who…
The Adrienne Arsht Center, home to Broadway musicals, opera, and tributes to Nat King Cole, might be an unlikely setting for a pop-up nightclub featuring specialty cocktails — but then again, this is Miami, the land of fantasies, palm trees, sunsets, and glittery people. So why not have a club…
Miami Spice starts August 1 and for two months diners will be able to choose from about 150 restaurants participating in this promotion. So how does a restaurant catch the eye of discerning restaurant-goers in that sea of options? A promotion on top of the promotion.Three of Miami’s favorite casual…
It must be a slow news week because instead of the upcoming Presidential election, Middle East strife, and needles in your airplane sandwich, ABC (and most every other news source) chose to focus on a truly bizarre story and an invention that could possibly save mankind.The mashed potato vending machine.To…
David’s Cafe II likely to leave Lincoln Road.Time to get one last cafecito for the road, because David’s Café II will close its doors at the end of the week.Owner Adrian Gonzalez told Short Order that the iconic Lincoln Road fixture, which serves much-needed shots of liquid adrenaline along with…
No, you don’t need new glasses, and you’re not coming down from a particularly weird foie-gras-induced high. Bon Appétit magazine has published an interview with rapper Rick Ross.In it, our fellow Miamian shares his thoughts on restaurants, dining in transit, and what’s in his fridge (rosé wine and everything else…
See also “Whiskey Joe’s Bar & Grill Brings Key West to Key Biscayne.”There’s an entire backstory to Whiskey Joe’s Bar & Grill, the new food-and-beverage compound that opened in the old Rickenbacker Fish Company location at the marina on Key Biscayne.According to Marty Duffany, partier in chief (yes, that’s really…
The Fresh Market is putting the finishing touches on its new Palmetto Bay location. The free-standing store will be located on U.S. 1 on an out parcel of the Falls shopping center, which itself is in the process of a remodel that includes several new restaurants.The brand-new market is scheduled…
When Tudor House announced plans to close at the end of the summer, it was assumed by many that executive chef Jamie DeRosa would move on long before the restaurant’s last service.Today, DeRosa officially announced his departure from the restaurant which was also his first foray into the Miami market…
Thousands of mango lovers gathered in Miami from around the world for the 20th annual International Mango Festival, held this past weekend at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.The three-day event celebrated this diverse fruit through lectures, entertainment, interactive tastings, and the world’s only auction of rare mangoes.The mango festival is one…
Coral Gables took the phrase “be the first kid on your block” seriously yesterday, when thousands of people turned out on a muggy afternoon to get in line for a first bite of Shake Shack’s burgers, cheese fries, and concretes.The Gables outpost opened its doors to the public Sunday, July…
Shake Shack is coming to Coral Gables. Danny Meyer’s burger palace, which opened on South Beach in June 2010 to much fanfare and waiting lines, is heating up the City Beautiful.The location, which formerly housed Smok’et BBQ, is on South Dixie Highway and conveniently located near the University of Miami,…
In a city where it’s not unusual for a restaurant to open and close in a few months, Cafe Prima Pasta is celebrating 19 years of feeding Miamians.It could be the cool dark space that serves as a welcome respite from the harsh Florida sun, or it could be the…
Bloom opens Tuesday, July 17 in Wynwood, but partners Jose Miguel Sarti and Sebastian Stahl are gearing up for the restaurant’s first anniversary. “We’ve been working on the space since last August”, Jose Miguel told me yesterday while walking me through the space.”We knew we wanted to look in Wynwood…
See also Miami Spice: Price Rise in 2012.When August in Miami hits, sometimes we think the only living creatures that successfully make it through the summer are alligators and mosquitoes. And then we remember Miami Spice and we know we can survive.Miami Spice starts August 1 and restaurants are gearing…
Mango trees might just be the most historic plants in South Florida. Long before there was Publix or Fresh Market, Floridians were enjoying fresh mangoes in the summer simply by stepping into their yard and plucking a sweet fruit from their tree. Mangoes have come a long way since then,…
Carly Rae Jepsen’s ode to romance-novel covers features the singer fantasizing about her buff, tattooed gardener. The song was Katy Perry-cute and pretty forgettable once you were out of the car.We guess, however, the tune got trapped inside the small one-track mind of a certain sweets-loving monster that we all…
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Picture a man and a woman, knives in hand, working their way through a jungle. The tree cover is so dense there’s barely any sunlight, and the air is rich with the scents of rain and greenery. After what seems like hours, they reach their prize. Is it a hidden temple filled…
Eat St., the fast-paced Cooking Channel show, will return to South Florida to film segments for season four of the show, which will focus on food trucks and their owners.The crew will fly in from Canada to film for nearly two weeks. According to the show’s researcher, the most difficult…
